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The University of QueenslandenFez http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rssEffects of antioxidant supplementation in renal transplant patientshttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:107319
2007-08-24T18:46:43Z
Blackhall, Melanie L. Effects of climate on respiration rate and rectal temperature of shaded and unshaded grain fed heifershttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:107027
2007-08-24T18:35:32Z
Tait, Louise Amy Electricity for Beginnershttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:107478
2007-08-24T18:52:42Z
Dicinoski, M. M. Elemental and Isotopic Fingerprinting of Chinese Archaeological Ceramicshttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:107639
2007-08-24T18:58:44Z
Li, Baoping Employee responses to organisational change: The moderating effects of perceptions of organisational justice and psychological contractshttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:107515
2007-08-24T18:53:55Z
Baker, L. E. Encounters with nature: ecological and spiritual dimensions of music learninghttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:257062
2011-10-19T12:31:39Z
Matsunobu, Koji Endothelin-1, exercise and hypertensionhttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:105629
2007-08-24T17:42:50Z
McEniery, C. Entanglement, dynamical bifurcations and quantum phase transitionshttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:107517
2007-08-24T18:53:59Z
Hines, A. P. Epidemiological and economic modelling of the potential impact of a nicotine vaccine on smoking cessation and related mortality and morbidity in the Australian populationhttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:106913
2007-08-24T18:31:02Z
Wallace, Angela Epistemic and self-enhancement motives for social identification and group behavior: A dynamic modelhttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:105519
2007-08-24T17:38:24Z
Reid, S. Erosion-corrosion of mild steel in caustic and inhibited acid solutionhttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:105946
2007-08-24T17:54:24Z
Rihan, R. Evaluation and utilization of a common bean core collectionhttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:105640
2007-08-24T17:43:12Z
Islam, A. F. Evaluation of blast fragmentation models for mine to mill applicationshttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:107501
2007-08-24T18:53:28Z
Hall, J. A. Evaluation of correlated genetic advance theory as a framework for analysing genotype by environment interactions in wheat breeding multi-environment trialshttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:105646
2007-08-24T17:43:24Z
Qiao, C. Evaluation of hot-carrier induced degradation in MOSFETs by measurement at cryogenic temperatureshttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:105559
2007-08-24T17:39:59Z
Yao, Sherry Shu-Ting Evaluation of seismic frequency attributes for coal-seam thickness determinationhttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:106015
2007-08-24T17:56:51Z
Parker, Jason. Executive function in children with Tourette Syndrome: the confounding effects of Comorbid Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorderhttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:108429
Tourette syndrome (TS) is characterised by semi-involuntary motor and vocal tics. It is also accompanied by a spectrum of behavioural, emotional and cognitive features. However, pure TS(TS-only) is relatively rare as it more frequently co-occurs with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (AD/HD).The proposed core psychological impairment in AD/HD is that of behavioural inhibition, a component of executive functions. underlying psychological impairments in TS, however, are less well understood. Both disorders have been proposed to result from dysfunction of the fronto-stratal circuitry and the dysfunction of the dopaminergic system which mediates it. Adequate executive functioning requires that this circuitry functions appropriately. In this thesis the executive function impairments in children with TS and confounding effects of comorbid AD/HD were examined. Clinical groups were compared to a matched normal control group. The effects of medication were also examined. The study was based on the theoretical framework of Baddeley's model of working memory. Deficits in executive functions were hypothesised to result from non-optimal functioning of the central executive of working memory. Several executive function task were used ( The Tail Making Test, Tower of London, Stroop to Response Test). Although each task assessed multiple aspects of executive functioning, one common feature of each of the tasks was that is required to ability to efficiently allocate attentional resources to the predominant activity and inhibit a competing impulse to carry out a more dominant action The profiles of behavioural, emotional and tic problems were also obtrained by means of parent, teacher and child rating scales (the Achenback Child Behaviour Checklist, Conners' Parent Rating Scales - Revised, Yale Tic Severity Scales, and Movement, Obsessions, Vocal Evaluation Scales). This was intended to allow a confirmation of the diagnoses of TS and AD/HD, and also to obtain an indication of functional impairments. It was hypothesised that compared to controls, children with TS and/or AD/HD would obtain significalty higher rating on measures of behavioural problems and demonstrate impairments on these aspects of executive function tasks for which cognitive demans would exceed the processing capacity of the central executive of working memeory. The participants wer 132 children aged 7 to 16-years (M=10.64, SD=2.3 years), 47 diagnosed with TS+(33 males, 7 female), 40 with AD/HD(31 males, 9 female) and 45 normal control childrean (35 male, 10 female). Of the 47 Children diagnosed with TS, 11 children were diagnosed with pure TS(8 male, 3 female) while 36 had multiple comorbid disorder (28 AD/HD, 10 ODD, 18 OCD, 1 CD). Groups were statistically matched for age, IQ and sex distribution Multivariate analyses were conducted, with age being covaried. Although there was a clear delineation in the behavioural presentation between TS and/or AD/HD children (children with AD/HD were rated as having more difficulties with attention, and those with TS were identified as experiencing more emotional problems) there performance on a wide range of executive function measure revealed only subtle difficulties. These difficulties related mainly to response timing. Unlike the behavioural rating scales, the executive function performance measure offered little additional information to enable distinctions between the clinical groups. Moreover, the relationship between the rating scales and the executive function performance measure was found to be poor. It was argued that the absence of evidence of executive dysfunction in our clincial groups was attributed to the limitation of the neuropsychological measure used. This was discussed in the context of ecological validity of neuropsychological tests, that is their ability to reliably reflect the functioning in everyday life, the constraints posed by the controlled clinical setting, and the different nature of cognitive requirements needed in the realm of the real world. Although the evaluation of Buddeley's model of central executive of working memory was confounded by these limitations, it was concluded that the model would also need to be revised to incorporate the temporal (sustainability), motivational and emotional factors which influence children's processing capacity of the system. Finally, suggestions for further research were proposed.2007-09-06T11:06:41Z
Bailey, M. A. Explorations in English Vowel Space: Regional Variants and their Perception by Japanese Learners of Englishhttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:107488
2007-08-24T18:53:02Z
Misono, K. Exploring employee recognition as a managerial tool: A consideration of the effects of team efficacy, goal commitment and performance monitoringhttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:114207
Major challenges faced by organisations are employee motivation and performance. Motivated employees drive high productivity, customer satisfaction, and profits (Harter, Schmidt,
& Hayes, 2002). As a result, organisations need to find empirically supported ways to motivate employees (Ambrose & Kulik, 1999; Luthans & Stajkovic, 1999; Stajkovic & Luthans,
2003). One approach to enhancing motivation at work is recognizing employees for good performance, Employee recognition is a form of non-monetary, informal reward in which a manager acknowledges
and praises employees who have performed according to the company’s values and principles. The literature describing the benefits of employee recognition has argued that recognition as an incentive
is often more effective than monetary rewards (Graham & Unruh, 1990: Jeffries, 1997: Stajkovic & Luthans, 1997). Leadership scholars have called for research examining group processes by
which managers influence employee outcomes (Goomdman, Ravlin, & Schminke, 1987: Buzzo & Salas, 1995: Hackman, 1992). As current studies have simply investigated the direct effects of
recognition on work-related outcomes, a central aim of this research was to explore the role of team-efficacy and goal commitment as mediators in the recognition-outcome relationship. Which the
present research, two primary contribution to the existing literature linking recognition and employees outcomes are made. First, drawing upon goal setting theory, social cognitive theory, and
attribution theory conceptual hypotheses were developed and empirically tested, proposing mediating effects of team efficacy and goal commitment in the relationship between recognition and employee
outcomes. The second main contribution to research on employee recognition lays in investigating performance monitoring by the manager (as perceived by employees), as a moderator that influences
the power of employee recognition. The moderating role of performance monitoring was based on importance of applying recognition immediately and contingently on good performance to be most
effective (Locke, 1968: Locke & Latham, 1990; Luthans & Staijkovic, 1999). By monitoring employees’ performance, managers are provided with information that can form the basis for
delivering recognition in a timely manner. The proposed relationships were examined in three independent occupational samples. The model was explored in two homogeneous samples and then validated
in a larger heterogeneous sample. This provides the opportunity to generalise results from specific groups of employees to a broader population of employed workers. In total, three cross-sectionals
studies were conducted across a variety of different professional back grounds; looking at a range of outcome variables which are, job satisfaction, role clarity, and employee well-being. In Study
1 (N=69), the sample consisted of employees from a large private hospital pharmacy. Results from Study 1 provided evidence for the predictive validity of employee recognition and the mediating role
of team-efficacy and goal commitment in the relationship between employee recognition and the outcome variables. In Study 2 (N=103), data was collected from a global company producing and dealing
with harvest machinery. Path model analyses were conducted to evaluate whether the findings of Study 1 could be replicated in a sample of employees from a different organisation. Another aim was to
examine the moderating role of performance monitoring in the relationship between recognition and job satisfaction. The meditational results from this study replicated those from Study 1, pointing
to the generalisability of the relationships between the variables. The relationship between employee recognition and sob satisfaction was mediated by team efficacy and goal commitment. Moreover,
evidence was found that performance monitoring moderated between employee recognition and job satisfaction. As predicted, the relationship between employee recognition and job satisfaction was
stronger under high levels of monitoring. To enhance external validity, Study 3 involved 243 employees from a variety of professions and industries. Another aim was to explore the research model
with employee well-being as an outcome variable. As predicted, results from SEM analyses confirmed initial findings of team-efficacy as a mediator in the relationship between employee recognition
and well-being. Furthermore, evidence was provided for the mediating role of team-efficacy between employee recognition and goals commitment and the mediating effect of goal commitment in the
relationship between team-efficacy and well-being. As in Study 2, results showed that the relationship between recognition and well-being is stronger under high condition of monitoring. Overall,
the findings of this research provide a unique insight into the important role of employee recognition in predicting work-related consequences, As such, these results expand our understanding of
the processes by which employee recognition exerts its influence. Extending the notion of goal setting theory, social cognitive theory, and attribution theory it was found that team-efficacy and
goal commitment mediated the relationship between recognition and outcome variable. In terms of practical implications, these results show that by providing recognition managers can raise
employees’ motivation and well-being.o2007-10-08T11:59:13Z
Bloch, A. C. Exploring the role of response anonymity in the provision of negative feedbackhttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:138995
2008-05-29T22:52:02Z
Huang Weixian Exploring the underlying mechanism of load/unload response ratio theory and its application to earthquake predictionhttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:107637
2007-08-24T18:58:39Z
Yin, Can Expression of HPV16E7 as a possible mechanism of escape from a productive anti-E7 immune responsehttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:105535
2007-08-24T17:39:01Z
Manders, Peter Matthew Fair England's Ire: Shakespeare, the Hundred Years War, and English Nationhoodhttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:106263
2007-08-24T18:07:05Z
Harding, Michael J. Family interventions in first episode psychosishttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:106947
2007-08-24T18:32:20Z
White, A. M. Fatty acid metabolism by cytochromes P450http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:107586
2007-08-24T18:56:20Z
Cryle, M. J. Feeding Management to Alleviate Heat Load in Feedlot Cattlehttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:105806
2007-08-24T17:49:28Z
Holt, S. Figurae Fortunaeque: various aspects of Narrative Technique in Apuleius' Metamorphoseshttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:106680
2007-08-24T18:21:54Z
Francis, C. Finite element analysis on the ferrule effect of anterior endodontically treated tooth restored with a cast post and corehttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:105490
2007-08-24T17:37:26Z
Reshamvala, Aquil S. Fire and vegetation management in pasture lands of the Victoria River District, Northern Territoryhttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:106413
2007-08-24T18:12:20Z
Dyer, Rodd MacGregor. Fitness for purpose of longwall powered supportshttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:107259
2007-08-24T18:43:32Z
Callan, M. A. Folate binding protein: Partial characterisation of bovine milk folate binding protein, including its ligand bindinghttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:107049
2007-08-24T18:36:15Z
Jones, Marc Food practices and food safety during Ramadan in ChumChon Muslim, Hat Yai, Southern Thailandhttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:105513
2007-08-24T17:38:12Z
Subhajalat, Chindapa; Akbar, H.; Iuta, T. Forming the citizen: an analysis of confucian perspectives on individual and organisational citizenshiphttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:239038
Citizenship has re-emerged as a key educational, social and political concept in the contemporary globalising society. Despite an extensive body of literature on citizenship, traditional assumptions have been called into question by worldwide social and cultural change. In contemporary debates, a variety of educational, social and political influences have been recognized as significant to citizenship formation, but within those discussions there has been scant attention to the contribution that Eastern social philosophies can make to the debates. This is in spite of the need for scholarship to incorporate culturally diverse perspectives appropriate to the current trends. In response to this need, this study has set out to investigate whether an analysis of key elements of Confucianism can inform current discourses on citizenship formation and the role that Confucian understandings of education might fulfil in that formation. Confucianism has been selected because it long has been recognised to promote a well developed civic ideal which can be related to the worlds of education, business and government. The research has been conducted through a hermeneutic analysis of a set of significant concepts within the principal Confucian texts, particularly The Analects and their educational aspects. The research indicates that these aspects of Confucian philosophy can make a substantial contribution to the emerging global literature about citizenship formation, and offers solutions to some of the contemporary problems of individual and organisational citizenship. Confucian responses to some of the problematics of citizenship have been discussed by focussing particularly on some of the key challenges inherent in the relationships between citizenship and individualism, citizenship and virtue, citizenship and the organisation, citizenship and democratic participation, citizenship and multiculturalism, and citizenship and globalisation. The study explores how the educational presentation of these issues can be informed by the conceptual frames offered by Confucian perspectives on citizenship education.2011-03-25T15:56:25Z
Arcodia, Charles Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy as a tool for the identification of red tide organismshttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:105597
2007-08-24T17:41:46Z
Vardy, S. Frictional resistance to wire slidinghttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:107495
2007-08-24T18:53:16Z
Sirisaowaluk, Nathawut From inconsistency to ingroup: The role of social support and social identification in dissonance reductionhttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:105769
2007-08-24T17:48:00Z
McKimmie, B. M. From Madonna to Medusa: A revision of community work in the light of revision of selfhttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:105687
2007-08-24T17:44:50Z
Tennant, Maria Functional Assessment of Challenging Behaviour in the School, Home and Clinichttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:106552
2007-08-24T18:17:35Z
Tucker, M. Functional genomics of sugarcane: Identification and expression of Jasmonate-activated defence genes in rootshttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:107582
2007-08-24T18:56:12Z
Bower, N. I. Function of ketol-acid reductoisomerase in stabilizing mitochondrial DNAhttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:107265
2007-08-24T18:43:44Z
Christie, Michelle Priyadarshini. Gamete storage and culture techniques for the Barramundi, Lates calcarifier (Bloch)http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:105816
2007-08-24T17:49:51Z
Palmer, P. Gather Round for some True Aussie Underground: A Comparative Study of the Language of Hip Hop and Other Youth Music Genres in Australiahttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:106268
2007-08-24T18:07:18Z
O'Hanlon, R. Gene expression profile of osteoclast-like cellshttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:106984
2007-08-24T18:34:06Z
Saleh, H. Generation of transgenic mice overexpressing human Smoothened and human GLI1 genes in their skinhttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:107594
2007-08-24T18:56:38Z
Masadah, Rina Genetic analysis of human population groups and sub-groups from samples of degraded DNAhttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:106209
2007-08-24T18:05:12Z
Matheson, C. Genetic analysis of natriuretic peptides and blood pressure in the spontaneously hypertensive rathttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:106684
2007-08-24T18:22:01Z
Ye, Ping (Xiadi). Genetic and molecular analysis of transgene expression in rice (Oryza sativa L.)http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:105653
2007-08-24T17:43:38Z
Duan, C. Genetic Studies of Ganoderma spp. Associated with Oil Palm in Papua New Guinea.http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:105751
2007-08-24T17:47:23Z
Pilotti, C. Genotypic, physiological and morphological variation for rice grown under a raised beds systemhttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:107413
2007-08-24T18:50:26Z
Nguyen, H. Geochemistry of acid generating waste rock dumps, investigations aimed at improved laboratory analysis techniques, dump construction & operation, and closurehttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:107021
2007-08-24T18:35:19Z
Tran, A.